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Jon Metzler
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Here’s the whole bit that is taken from and it’s so good for our world today:
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.
May 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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May 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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March 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery
Photo of wooden bridge reflecting in green water
March 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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A suggestion for a future sign - seen online elsewhere.
Photo of church sign that says “If empathy is a sin, sin boldly”
March 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Highlighted portion of book by Omar El Akkad: “Suddenly, an otherwise very persuasive argument takes on a different meaning: "Vote for the liberal though he harms you because the conservative will harm you more" starts to sound a lot like "Vote for the liberal though he harms you because the conservative might harm me, too."”
March 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Excerpt from book by Omar El Akkad “Fight it, then. Propose something to meet the nature of the moment. It can't be the case both that the Supreme Court is an unaccountable neoconservative body intent on rendering the whole country unrecognizable and that there's simply no way to do anything significant about it. It can't be that climate change is the single most important issue facing the world, with our entire species at risk, and drilling licenses need to continue. It can't be that innocent Palestinians have faced unbearable suffering and we care very deeply about their plight, and absolutely nothing will stop the arming of the nation responsible. It can't be both rhetorical urgency and policymaking impotence.”
March 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Phot of highlighted portion of book by Omar El Akkad “It has been, for as long as I can remember, the memory that anchors my overarching view of political malice: an ephemeral relationship with both law and principle. Rules, conventions, morals, reality itself: all exist so long as their existence is convenient to the preservation of power. Otherwise, they, like all else, are expendable.”
March 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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At this point, @wilwheaton.net is the voice inside my head.
January 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM